Pennsylvania’s Community Colleges:
OUR VISION is to increase the workforce readiness skills and educational attainment level of Pennsylvanians in order to create a vibrant and productive workforce and citizenry that positions the state for success on a national and global scale.

Values Statement: 
Pennsylvania’s community colleges embrace the comprehensive mission of the community college.  We assert our values as:

• Access and opportunity for all – academically, financially, geographically;

• Respect for our students and their immense potential;

• Student-centered institutions;

• High outcome expectations for our individual institutions and the collective of our community colleges;

• Responsiveness to our individual community needs as well as statewide priorities;

• Flexibility and innovation in responding to the educational needs of all; and

• Respect for the diversity within and among our community colleges.

Mission Statement:
The Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to advance the interests of Pennsylvania’s community colleges.  The Commission supports and facilitates the vision and values of the Commonwealth’s community colleges with one voice through:

• Leading proactively in matters of higher education policy throughout the Commonwealth;

• Advocating proactively for the needs and positions of the colleges;

• Communicating quality achievements and data with policymakers, the media and other key audiences;

• Promoting effective transfer & articulation with other higher education sectors;

• Partnering and leading statewide workforce enhancement efforts;

• Creating and sustaining relationships with internal and external audiences and partners;

• Advancing student success, access and affordability;

• Enhancing opportunities for community college students; and

• Facilitating the exchange of information among the colleges and their various staff organizations.